Background

Introduction

Steve McHanwell is Professor of Anatomical Sciences and a National Teaching Fellow. Previously he held appointments in University College London and as an MRC French Exchange Fellow in the Institute of Embryology in Nogent-sur-Marne, Paris. He is a
founder member of the Trans European Pedagogic Anatomy Research Group serving first as Secretary General and is currently
President of the Group. He served as
Honorary Education Officer for the Anatomical Society for nine years. He has won a number of student awards for his
anatomy teaching and in 2007 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship of the
Higher Education Academy in the UK. He
has taught anatomy to a wide range of student groups but currently his main
teaching in anatomy is to undergraduate and postgraduate students in dental
sciences and in speech and language sciences.
He is co-author (with Martin Atkinson) of Basic Medical Sciences for
Speech and Language Therapy Students and a member of the editorial team for
Gray’s Anatomy (41st edition). His
research interests span both anatomy and education. In anatomy his current interests centre on
the anatomy, clinical anatomy, innervation and development of the larynx, work
done in collaboration with JR Sanudo in Complutense University, Madrid. His education interests focus on student
learning in anatomy, curriculum theory and development and the reward and
recognition of teaching excellence in higher education. He has just completed a project as
Co-Principal Investigator on an HEA-Funded Inter-Institutional Benchmarking
Project: Reward and recognition for Teaching in HE (with the universities of
Tasmania, Wollongong and Leicester.

Roles and Responsibilities

Professor of Anatomical Sciences

Qualifications

BSc (Physiology) Newcastle upon TynePhD BristolMI Biol, CI Biol

National Teaching Fellow (2007)

Memberships

President Trans PedagogicAnatomy Research Group of EFEMDeputy Education Officer Anatomical Society of Great Britain and IrelandFellow of the Linnean SocietyMember of the Institute of BiologyMember of the Physiological SocietyAssociation of Basic Science Teachers in DentistryInstitute of Anatomical Sciences

Research

Steve is a member of the Research Centre for
Teaching and Learning (CfLAT) and part of the Higher Education Research Group
of CfLAT. Steve’s current research is focussed in two areas of laryngeal
biology and education. His interests in
laryngeal biology are focussed on neuroanatomy, development and clinical
anatomy of the larynx. His education
interests focus on student learning, curriculum theory and development and of
reward and recognition of teaching excellence in higher education. In connection with this interest Steve has
just completed a project as Co-Principal Investigator on an HEA-Funded
Inter-Institutional Benchmarking Project: Reward and recognition for Teaching
in HE (with the universities of Tasmania, Wollongong and Leicester.

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Postgraduate Teaching

MSc Language Pathology Anatomy for Speech and LanguageFellowship of the Royal College of RadiologistsMFDS Anatomy Study DaysMSc Orthodontics Mastication and SwallowingPostgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice